Wen Yuan and Xin Chang get along pretty well.

Especially after seeing the gift Wen Yuan gave to Princess Shuhe, Xin Changzai was even more satisfied with Wen Yuan.

Shuhe will get married sooner or later. She is just a concubine and her family is not a high-ranking official, so they naturally don't have much money. If she wants her daughter to have a generous dowry, she can only compete for favor, so that Yinzhen will let the Ministry of Internal Affairs supervise it well.

Unfortunately, ever since she had a miscarriage a few months ago, Yinzhen had the impression that she was not good at protecting his heir, and he never summoned her to sleep with him again.

Fortunately, Wen Yuan, who lived in the same palace with her, was favored and promoted to a noble lady. The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to neglect her. With Wen Yuan's care, her life became much better.

Ever since Wen Yuan was promoted to a noble lady, she would often take Xin Chang to visit the Imperial Garden together whenever she had time.

After wandering around for four days, I finally met Yinzhen.

Wen Yuan actually had plenty of ways to be the first to know about Yinzhen's visit to the Imperial Garden, but being too deliberate was not good, and would easily arouse Yinzhen's suspicion, so she simply made visiting the Imperial Garden something she and Xin Changzai did often.

After meeting Yinzhen, Wen Yuan was extremely surprised: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

Xin Changzai also followed suit and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

When Yinzhen first saw his old love and new favorite, the anger he had accumulated because of the affairs of the previous dynasty dissipated a lot, "Get up. You two can talk to each other."

Wen Yuan smiled and took Concubine Xin's hand, "Sister Xin is warm and cheerful, of course I like you. Sister Xin also took me to see Princess Shuhe, which shows that Sister Xin likes me too, right?" Wen Yuan turned and looked at Concubine Xin expectantly.

Xin Changzai laughed a few times at her cute look and patted Wen Yuan's hand that was holding her. "Sister Wen Yuan is lively and cute, simple and smart. I like her."

Yinzhen liked to see the harmonious scenes of his wives and concubines in the harem the most, and was very satisfied with their getting along. This satisfaction reminded him that Xin Changzai was the biological mother of the eldest princess, but she was still only a Changzai, so he said: "Xin Changzai has served me for many years and has given birth to the eldest princess, so she should be promoted to a noble lady."

Seeing that Concubine Xin was stunned, Wen Yuan patted her hurriedly, "Sister Xin is so happy that she is silly, why don't you thank the emperor quickly."

Concubine Xin really didn't expect that she would have such a surprise just because she went out with Wen Yuan. She quickly came to her senses and bowed respectfully again, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Watching this scene, Wen Yuan smiled and said, "The Emperor is so kind to me and my concubines. A few days ago, the Empress mentioned to you about promoting the concubines who have just entered the palace, and the Emperor agreed. Now, Sister Xin has been promoted as well. This is really another happy event!"

Yinzhen was laughing happily, but his expression changed slightly when he heard the following. If Wen Yuan hadn't been watching Yinzhen, she wouldn't have noticed.

No one would be happy if someone else took credit for a good deed.

Yinzhen spoke to them for a few more words and then said that he had something else to do in the Yangxin Palace and left first.

Wen Yuan had already been prepared, so it didn't matter whether Yinzhen was there or not. Concubine Xin went to see Princess Shuhe with great affection. The two adults and one child played for a long time before returning to Chuxiu Palace.

The promotion of Concubine Xin was part of her plan. If she wanted to win her over completely, it was not enough to just make big promises, she had to give her some sweet rewards as well.

Being promoted to a noble lady is only the first step. When Wen Yuan becomes a concubine in the future, if Noble Lady Xin treats her as always, then it is not impossible to fight for her the position of concubine or concubine. After all, it is much better for one's own people to occupy a high position than for others to do so.

As soon as Yinzhen entered the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he ordered Su Peisheng to find out what the Queen said when the new people were promoted a few days ago.

This matter was not a secret, and Su Peisheng found out after a little inquiry.

"Your Majesty, the people around the newly arrived ladies said..." Su Peisheng looked up at Yinzhen, "They all said that it was the Empress who was virtuous and generous, and she sought the rewards for them."

Yinzhen was almost laughing out of anger, "She is the Empress of the Central Palace, but she pretended to obey me but secretly disobeyed me and used me to improve her reputation. The Empress...she is far inferior to Wanwan after all!"

Su Peisheng lowered his head and remained silent.

She also felt that the Queen was being too petty. She first tried to stop the Emperor when he proposed promoting her, but when she couldn't stop him, she told others that the promotion was her idea.

In fact, this was a trivial matter, but the emperor never liked the queen, and now his impression of her is even worse.

From then on, he felt that he would no longer discuss the positions in the harem with the Queen, but would make the final decisions on his own!

Although Concubine Xin was not favored and had only barely risen from a maid to a noble, people in the harem could not help but make sarcastic remarks.

When paying respects, Lipin couldn't help but taunt, "Even if you are promoted to a noble lady, so what? You still can't raise the princess yourself. Besides, there are two noble ladies in one palace, and I don't know which one of you will sit on the throne of the first palace in the future!"

These words were a blatant provocation, but fortunately Wen Yuan didn't care. Although Concubine Xin also longed to become the mistress of the palace, she also knew that she was promoted to Concubine this time thanks to Wen Yuan, so she would not quarrel with Wen Yuan.

However, she couldn't stand Lipin's smug look, so she retorted: "Oh, Madam Lipin is so thoughtful that she is even concerned about the promotion and demotion of imperial concubines. Could it be that the emperor has also given you the power to assist in managing the six palaces? Ah?"

Lipin snorted heavily, "You are just good at talking. When a newcomer steps on your head one day, I will see how you still have the face to live!"

Concubine Xin wanted to say more, but Wen Yuan patted her hands and said, "Don't worry about that, Concubine Li. Concubine Li should worry about Sister Cao instead of Sister Xin. Sister Cao is also the princess's biological mother, but her position is lower than Concubine Tian, ​​Concubine He, Concubine Hui, and this concubine. Since Concubine Li is so kind, why don't you ask for a title for Sister Cao?"

Before paying respects, Concubine Cao deliberately provoked Concubine Li to mock Concubine Xin: "..."

He was shot while lying down!

Lipin was so dry that she didn't know what to say. She couldn't say that Hua Fei deliberately suppressed Cao Guiren's position so that she could control her, right?

Seeing this, Concubine Cao cursed him inwardly, "Concubine Yue, you are joking. The promotion and demotion of concubines are decided by the Emperor and the Empress. As concubines, we dare not take the initiative."

The queen hid behind the screen and listened to the opera quietly. She only came out from behind when the topic turned to other things.

The Queen loves to show off her status. If she came out too early and heard these words, what would she do if they tried to ask for her status and title in a roundabout way? So she simply waited until the topic changed before coming out.

Wen Yuan guessed what the Queen was thinking, but did not point it out because she also did not want Concubine Cao to be promoted.

The high positions in the palace are all fixed, and Concubine Cao is not hers, so naturally she should be suppressed if possible. Not only Wen Yuan thought so, everyone had this tacit understanding, so when the queen came, no one mentioned it.

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